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`J. A. BROWN. BOTTLING MACHINE.

NQ. 322,576. Patented July 21,v 1885.

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J. A. BROWN.

BOTTLING MACHINE. 1Y0-.322,570 PatentedJu1y2,1,185

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JOHN A. BROWN, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TO WILLIAM F. DORFLINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,576, dated Ju1y`21, 1885.

Application filed December 27, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BROWN, of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe a bottling-machine embodying my improvement, and then point out the various features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bottling-machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a section of the same taken at the plane indicated by the dotted line :v x, Fig. l, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrow-heads at the ends of the said line. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of certain parts, and Fig. 4 is a side view of the machine, certain of the parts being shown in a different position from that in Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a bracket, which may be made of any suitable form, and will be preferably made of metal. It may be secured by screws or other suitable means to a pump, by which sirups and mineral or other` eifervescent water may be conveyed to it.

To the bracket A the plug B of a cock is aiiixed in any suitable manner-as, for instance, by screws a passing through iianges extending from the said plug and entering tapped holes in corresponding flanges extending from the bracket. This plug will preferably be made of metal. It is shown as extending horizontally. In one end is a screwthreaded socket, b, to which a pipe leading from the pump is to be connected. From the socket b a port or passage, c, extends, its outer end being turned downward. Another port, d, having its outer end turned upward, extends toward the socket b and communicates with a pipe, e, leading to the atmosphere.

The upwardlyextending outer end of the port cl is in line with the downwardly-extending outer end of the port c. The exterior of the plug B is circular.

screwed onto the outer end of the plug keepsl the shell C and its extension O in place. The shell G and its extension Gf are formed integral, and are free to turn together upon the plug. They will preferably be made of metal. The shell C is provided with a port, g, which, by turningl the shell, may be brought into line with the outer endof the port c or the outer end ofthe port d ofthe plug B at pleasure.

Inra slide Way, h, formed in the extension C of the shell C of the cock, a slider-bar, E, fits and is capable of moving longitudinally.

vThis slider-bar has an open or slotted portion extending around the plug B of the cock; hence the plug of the cock does not 'interfere with the movement of the slider-bar. The slider-.bar may advantageously .be made of metal.

F designates an arm capable of being secured by a set-screwin different positions upon the slider-bar, according to the length of the bottles for lling which the machine is employed. On this arm is fastened a semi? cylindric cage, G. Within this cage upon the arm F is a facing, H, preferably made of wood, and having a cavity arranged concentrically with the cage and adapted to receive the bottom portion of a bottle.

The part g of the shell C is also concentric with the cage G. At the mouth or open end of this port g is apacking or facing, z', of indiarubber or analogous material secured in place by a clamping-nut, j, and adapted to receive the mouth of a bottle in contact with it.

The upper end of the slider-barv E is pivotally connected to one end of a lever, I, which is fulcrumed to a portion of the extension' C of the shell C of the cock, and at the other end extends close to the cage Gr. A handle projects transversely from the lever at the end last mentioned.

A spring, J, tting in a cavity in the extension C of the shell G of the cock, bears against the lever I, and actuates it and the slider-bar E in such way as to cause the arm F to be drawn arm F will be caused to move away from the` shell C of the cock, and then a bottle resting against the arm F may be released and another one substituted for it.

K designates a stop, whereby the lever I will be prevented from being moved too far toward the shell C and nut D. The lever I is not only capable of operating as described; it may also be used for turning the shell C of the cock, the slider-bar E and the appurtenances of the latter upon the plug B of the cock to invert a bottle arranged between the arm F of the slider-bar E and the shell C of the cock. To prevent the lever I from bending in performing this operation it .has an open portion into which extends a pin-like portion of the plug B of the cock.

A stop-pin, L, extending from the bracket A, acts in conjunction with the slider-bar E to prevent it and the shell C of the cock from being turned more than ahalf-revolution upon the plug B of the cock.

rIo fill a bottle, the lever I is manipulated to turn the parts Which derive motion from it in the reverse position to that in which they are shownin Fig. l. The bottle is then placed in an inverted position in the cavity of the facing II of the arm F. The arm F is then forced down to bring the mouth of the bottle in contact with the facing i of the shell C contiguous to the port g. The lever I is then manipulated to adjust the parts into the position in which they are shown in Fig. l. rIhe pump is then operated and the liquid flows into the bottle. Meanwhile the lever I is, from Vtime to time, vibrated to snift or allow the air to escape from the bottle. When the bottle is filled, the shell of the cock, the sliderbar E, and the appurtenances of these parts are turned upside down by manipulating the lever I. The stopper of the bottle, which is inside, then closes, the surplus liquid running off through the port d, to allow the stopper to come to its place. By thus turning over the parts the port cof the plug B of the cock will be closed, and the port g of the shell C of the cock will be made to communicate With the port d of the plug.

It will be understood that the bottles will be lled while in an upright position, will subsequently be inverted, and will be ultimately released by manipulating the lever.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottling-machine, the combination of the plug of a cock provided with a socket, a rotary shell surrounding the plug, .a sliderbar extending past saidn plug and having a connection with the shell, a cage orbottle-holder, an arm on the slider-bar for supporting a bottle, a lever fulcrumed on the shell or an appurtenance thereof for operating the sliderbar, and a bracket affording a common support to all said parts, and to which a pump may be connected at pleasure, substantially as specified.

2. In a bottling-machine, the combination of the plug of a cock having an inductionport, a rotary shell mounted on the plug and containing a port terminating at one end in the same plane as one end of the said inductionport, a slider-bar extending past said plug and having a connection with the shell, a' cage or bottle-holder, an arm on the slider-bar for supporting a bottle with its mouth in line with the said port in the shell, and a lever fulcrumed on the shell or an appurtenance thereof` for operating the slider-bar and rotating said shell, substantially as specified.

JOHN A. BROWN.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, WM. G. LIrsEY. 

